Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Zdravo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Hvala
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Kako si?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Laku noc
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
molim vas
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Oprostite
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Zbogom
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Volim te
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Croatia
Serbia
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Montenegrin
French Name
bosniaque
serbe
German Name
Bosnisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Origin
19th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
serb1264
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Bosnian and Serbian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Serbian language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Serbian Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Serbian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.